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WHITE SETTLEMENT, TX - DECEMBER 29: Melanie Davis speaks to the media after a gunman opened fire during morning service at West Freeway Church of Christ on December 29, 2019 in White Settlement, Texas. Davis's mother was sitting next to the gunman inside. The gunman was killed by armed members of the church after he opened fire during Sunday services. According to reports, a security guard was killed by the assailant and one other person has life-threatening injuries. Stewart F. House/Getty Images/AFP
Churchgoers kill gunman who shot two during Texas service
WHITE SETTLEMENT: Melanie Davis speaks to the media after a gunman opened fire during morning service at West Freeway Church of Christ on Sunday.-AFP HOUSTON: Worshippers in the US state of Texas shot dead a gunman who opened fire during a livestreamed Sunday service, ending an attack that killed two parishioners, authorities said. The latest US shooting at a house of worship took place in the suburban Fort Worth community of White Settlement on...
An aerial photograph shows children playing near tents sheltering Syrians who fled ongoing battles in the southern and eastern coutryside of the Idlib province, surrounded by mud caused by heavy rain, in a camp for displaced people near Sarmada near the border with Turkey in the northern part of the province on December 29, 2019. (Photo by Aref TAMMAWI / AFP)
Displaced Syrians find shelter in Idlb mosque
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi mother helping to weigh her newborn baby who is suffering various physical problems. - AFP IDLIB, Syria: Almost 50 displaced civilians forced to flee their homes in Syria from on-going regime and Russian attacks have found refuge in an Idlib mosque. "I live in the mosque with my five children. They gave us money, a stove and a sponge to go to bed," Fatma Ahmedi said. The civilians from 49 families are given food and bedding...
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Bangladesh halts breast milk scheme after Islamist backlash
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi mother helping to weigh her newborn baby who is suffering various physical problems. - AFP DHAKA: A Bangladesh hospital has suspended plans to give donated breast milk to babies after a backlash by Muslim clerics who said the scheme violated Islamic law. The program aimed to feed up to 500 orphans and infants of working mothers in the Muslim-majority country, which has high rates of child malnutrition and stunted...
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Taiba Hospital reveals 2020 strategy
KUWAIT: Taiba Hospital staff attend the press conference. KUWAIT: Taiba Hospital revealed during a press conference yesterday its new strategy for the year 2020, announcing a focus on promoting health and medical knowledge within the community, supporting its needs and engaging directly with patients through three main pillars which are 'Taiba Cares,' 'Taiba Connects' and 'Taiba Educates.' The announcement was made by Taiba Hospital Chief...
Wolverhampton Wanderers' Moroccan midfielder Romain Saiss (C) sends a shot high over the bar during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England, on December 29, 2019. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. /
Liverpool lean on VAR to edge Wolves
LIVERPOOL: Wolverhampton Wanderers' Moroccan midfielder Romain Saiss (C) sends a shot high over the bar during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England, yesterday. - AFP LIVERPOOL: Liverpool continued their relentless march towards a first Premier League title in 30 years, but Jurgen Klopp's men needed the benefit of two VAR reviews to see off Wolves 1-0...
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Damkhi files to grill Aseeri
Adel Al-Damkhi KUWAIT: Islamist opposition MP Adel Al-Damkhi yesterday filed to grill Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Ghadeer Aseeri barely a week after she took office, over allegations that she challenged the integrity of MPs. In his brief grilling, Damkhi charged the minister of violating the principles of cooperation between the National Assembly and the government by issuing statements deemed offensive to lawmakers.Acting Assembly...
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Kuwait says it respects Iran's integrity after Ahvaz meeting
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah meets Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammad Irani yesterday. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait said yesterday that it respects Iran's "territorial integrity", a day after Tehran summoned its envoy to protest against Kuwaiti officials meeting Iranian separatists. In a meeting with Iran's ambassador, Kuwait's deputy foreign minister Khaled Al-Jarallah stressed that his country's foreign policy was...
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Kuwait Amir receives newly appointed judiciary officials
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Minister of Justice Dr Fahad Al-Afasi, Chief Justice Yousef Al-Mutawaa, and the newly-appointed court prosecutor and member of the constitutional court judge Saleh Al-Mraished and the court of appeal prosecutor and member of the constitutional court justice Abdulrahman Al-Drami. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad...
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Kuwait championed Arab, Islamic and humanitarian causes at UNSC
NEW YORK: In this file photo, then Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah heads Kuwait's delegation at a UN Security Council meeting on Palestine. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwaiti diplomacy spent two years in the halls of the United Nation Security Council actively tackling various issues and putting its weight behind Arab, Islamic and humanitarian causes. The end of this year marks the end of this journey at the...
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Union denies increase in Zubaidi prices
KUWAIT: Chairman of the Kuwaiti Fishermen Union Thaher Al-Sowayyan stressed the union's keenness on providing fresh local fish for reasonable prices. Accordingly, Sowayyan denied social media reports claiming that the price of 16 kilograms of Zubaidi (pomfrit) fish climbed to KD 270, noting that the real price is only KD 207, or KD 13 per kilogram, which he argues is a reasonable price considering that it is not Zubaidi fishing season yet. "Local...
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Kuwait continued philanthropic action throughout 2019
KRCS volunteers attend a ceremony held for the opening of a Kuwait-funded water facility in Kenya. KUWAIT: The State of Kuwait, which the UN termed as a 'Humanitarian Center,' kept extending a helping hand for people in need in many parts of the globe. The following are major philanthropic contributions by the Gulf state throughout 2019.January 16: His Highness the Amir directed dispatch of $1.5 million in emergency relief aid to Syrian refugees...
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Crackdowns help achieve noticeable changes in Jleeb
KUWAIT: Some areas of Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh - notoriously known as the slum of Kuwait - are now relatively cleaner than before. There have been some noticeable changes as the municipality continues operations to clean the area of garbage, makeshift markets, illegal stalls, etc. Full of old and dilapidated buildings and traffic chaos, the Hasawi area of Jleeb is now a bit better. There were times in the past when low-income laborers staged protests in...
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KUWAIT: Health Minister, Dr Ahmed Al-Awadhi holds talks with officials. - KUNA
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GAZA: A Palestinian child is comforted near a body bag following Zionist bombardment at Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital in Gaza City on July 4, 2024. - AFP
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AITA ECH CHAAB: Residents carry what they have salvaged in their car as they drive past buildings destroyed during previous Zionist military fire on the southern Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab. – AFP
Iraqi armed groups ready to fight Zionist if Lebanon war breaks out